This is a fun voluntary technology homework assignment. For this assignment 4th and 5th grade students will take a digital photo of a spider or insect, research to find out what type of insect it is, and then place the photo and information on a collaborative wiki! I encourage parents to work with their child and monitor them as they use the internet to post information about an insect. Students may add photos and information until October 31, 2009.
Directions:
With parents permission, take a digital photo of a spider or insect and upload it to your computer
Use the following websites to find out what the name of your insect is and one interesting fact about it.
Capture a Creepy Crawly
This is a fun voluntary technology homework assignment. For this assignment 4th and 5th grade students will take a digital photo of a spider or insect, research to find out what type of insect it is, and then place the photo and information on a collaborative wiki! I encourage parents to work with their child and monitor them as they use the internet to post information about an insect. Students may add photos and information until October 31, 2009.
Directions:
With parents permission, take a digital photo of a spider or insect and upload it to your computer
Use the following websites to find out what the name of your insect is and one interesting fact about it.
Add your information to the wiki. Click here to watch video directions for how to add your picture and information to the wiki!
http://www.insectidentification.org/
http://kids.yahoo.com/animals/insects
http://www.insects.org/entophiles/index.html
http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12145_12204---,00.html
http://www.michigan.gov/kids/0,1607,7-247-49067-69349--,00.html